Name: Narrows Livestock Market Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-04-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 51, Heifers 48, Bulls 25)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $137.41/cwt on 50 head.

Average price

$137.41

50 head · 494 lb average

Value per head Derived

$679

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$169

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$12.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.84

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	455	140.24	638	39
Medium and Large 1	633	127.37	806	11thin

One grade step is worth $12.87/cwt here — about −$169 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale50 hd

137.41

—

VA average9 barns · 1,534 hd

142.25

−4.84

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

32 lots · USDA AMS · Narrows Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Narrows, VA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	121.74/cwt	120.00–125.00	694	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	643	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	778	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	363	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	483	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	797	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	548	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	113.52/cwt	110.00–117.00	822	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	445	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	570	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	716	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	798	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	838	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	711	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	132.27/cwt	129.00–133.00	476	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	615	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	134.83/cwt	115.00–146.00	504	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	145.64/cwt	140.00–147.00	663	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	880	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	562	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	718	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	660	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	527	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	653	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	656	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	658	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	849	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	665	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	125.02/cwt	119.00–131.00	696	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	800	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	576	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	448	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	632	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	541	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	690	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	835	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	118.67/cwt	114.00–128.00	445	3

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Narrows Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Narrows, VA

Sat Apr 4, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 124Last week 109Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 51, Heifers 48, Bulls 25)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	570	120.00–125.00	121.74
6	—	643	121.00	121.00
1	—	515	105.00	105.00
1	—	690	121.00	121.00
3	—	375	114.00–128.00	118.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	133.00	133.00
2	—	525	125.00	125.00
2	—	658	129.00	129.00
4	—	448	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	557	143.00	143.00
2	—	345	129.00	129.00
2	—	425	134.00	134.00
2	—	635	132.00	132.00
10	—	374	115.00–146.00	134.83
16	—	455	140.00–147.00	145.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	129.00	129.00
4	—	724	110.00–117.00	113.52
1	—	515	139.00	139.00
2	—	570	140.00	140.00
3	—	662	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	543	131.00	131.00
11	—	360	129.00–133.00	132.27
12	—	459	134.00	134.00
1	—	405	130.00	130.00
1	—	605	108.00	108.00
4	—	557	119.00–131.00	125.02
1	—	800	72.00	72.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	75.00	75.00
2	—	453	124.00	124.00
2	—	653	110.00	110.00
3	—	550	120.00	120.00
1	—	610	109.00	109.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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